Re: [Paddlewise] Gators vs. Crocks

This one is a bit of a myth. The "salties" of Belize have been hunted almost to
extinction. Last trip down, I paddled through the mangroves on the West side of
Ambergris clear up to the Mexican end, and saw one "slide" on a mudbank and
zero crocs. The government is attempting to reintroduce them over much of their
former range, but they're extremely rare, with only 100 known pairs in the
entire North, mostly in the virtually trackless mangrove swamps of the
mainland, if you could call that area land.

Roger

Robert C. Cline wrote:

> >However,
> >May and June are the months that gators "come into season". When that
> >happens, those normally reclusive beasts can get pretty testy.
>
> I appreciate Kurt Wisner's information about 'gators.  Does anyone have any
> experience with the saltwater crocadiles of Belize?  I don't have any
> experiene with either of these animals, but I am told that these guys are
> mostly in the mangroves on Ambergris Caye, but occasionally they wander
> over to the ocean side (East side) of the islands.  Supposedly "there are
> lots of them."
>
> Robert
>
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